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German philologist and linguist.
Born February 7th, 1898 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died June 25th, 1965 at 67 years old in Tübingen.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon